Hear Judge Ann-Louise Roos talk about how the district court reasoned in the clip above.

- We have seen this as a serious crime.

It has caused great damage with the risk of even greater financial damage.

Confidence in the region has been damaged, says councilor Ann-Louise Roos, one of the judges in the case of Vårdexpressen and Region Skåne.

The company's CEO is sentenced to three years in prison for grossly giving a bribe and aiding and abetting gross infidelity against a principal.

One of the former regional officials is sentenced to two years and three months in prison for both bribery and infidelity against the principal.

The other former regional official is sentenced to two years in prison for infidelity to the principal.

Secret information

Two former regionally employed officials continuously provided secret information to the doctor and Vårdinnovations' CEO Damon Tojjar.

According to the ruling, the purpose was for Vårdinnovation to win the procurement.

Evidence has also emerged that one of the regional employees requested and was offered benefits by the doctor.

- The crime is serious and actually justifies an even higher punishment.

But since they also suffer from other consequences, we have actually taken it into account.

On the one hand, they receive damages and their careers have been affected, says Ann-Louise Roos.

Risk of patient injury

All crimes are considered to be serious because they were of a particularly dangerous nature by affecting confidence in public activities and entailing significant financial damage and that they also entailed a risk to patient safety.

- We have found that a tool like this has an impact on patient safety.

Many hoped that it would have a positive effect.

But the ambiguities surrounding this tool probably mean that there had been reason to be particularly careful in this procurement, says councilor Ann-Louise Roos.

The convicts denied the crime throughout the trial. None of the convicts have announced whether they will appeal the verdicts.